Discover the best tourist attractions of western Ukraine with Maria Zawaski! Maria is a freelance journalist, born on the West of Ukraine, got married to Canada. "Now, when I live abroad, I recommend to all my foreign friends to visit western part of my home country Ukraine. Why the western one - it is because I used to live there, so I am more familiar with that part of the country and I can tell lots of stories about the culture, lifestyle and traditions of Ukrainian West," Maria says

"Mnohaya Lita!" or Ukrainian Version of “For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow”

“Mnohaya Lita!”(“Many Years!” or “Long Life!”) it is a Ukrainian song, which is sung to a person (or people) for special occasion, like a birthday, a Name Day, a wedding, a birth of child, a warming house or a great achievement in life. Many sources explain a value of the “Mnohaya Lita!” as equivalent to the “Happy Birthday to You” or “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”. I would say, that “Mnohaya Lita!” is more close to the “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”, than to the “Happy Birthday to You”. Of course, people in Ukraine are singing the “Mnohaya Lita!” to a birthday person, but here is a video of the wedding in Western Ukraine where guests are singing the “Mnohaya Lita!” to the bride and groom.

Ukrainians usually sing a “Mnohaya lita!” not for newlyweds only, but for their parents and for special guests at a wedding.

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You don’t need visa for travel to Ukraine

If you are citizen of USA, Canada, European Union, Switzerland or Liechtenstein, you don’t need a TOURIST visa for travel to Ukraine. Decree about it was signed in 2005. Tourist visa to Ukraine means that you are going to stay in Ukraine not more than 90 days. So for your short term stay in Ukraine (less than 90 days) you just need to have a travel passport and to buy a ticket, that’s it.
P.S. The same rules work for the citizens of Japan, Andorra, Vatican, Iceland, Monaco, Norway and San Marino. People of these countries don’t need a tourist visa to Ukraine, too.